Surrounded On Sundays - 5.1/quad reviews and summaries

There's a guitar part in the center channel on this track that was either mixed way down or left completely inaudible on the original stereo mix. Interesting addition by Scheiner.

Tim Weidner did the 2002 5.1 mix. He's done several other 5.1's including Yes' Magnification and Seal's Best 1991–2004. I'm not a fan of the 2002 mix personally--it's oversaturated with reverb, mastered louder, and generally not as adventurous as the 2015 SW mix. That being said, I do give it one point over the new mix: "Five Per Cent For Nothing" is completely insane with the instruments flying all around the room, while SW's version is more of a static 'four-corner' presentation with the instruments pegged into different speakers.

 

Cheers mate.

 

Quadrophenia today. The Blu-ray set with the original mix and master and new Dolby and dts in glorious 5.1

 

Great review. It has been awhile since I have listened to this although it was one of my first 5.1 discs and one of my first REM albums I got into as a whole. I seem to remember King of Birds being the standout surround sound track. Unlike some of the tracks you mentioned being straight forward, KOB has more layers and is borderline demo that will amaze most who care about this stuff.

 

Happy birthday when it comes young man (I'm 60 in December!!!) . I may not contribute but I always read.
BTW did you know there's a new Devin Townsend release - Order Of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1 (2CD+Blu-Ray+DVD) - had a listen on Tidal and I'm tempted apart from the Volume 1 bit. Might wait for Volume 2 1st and see if there's a Super Deluxe type thing. Decisions, decisions!!

 

Cheers mate.
I'm hoping the Devin bluray arrives this week

 

My understanding was that the original masters of Going for the One have been lost, is this still the case? 90125 is a great album. In fact, in context, it is perhaps Yes's most progressive album. The way I look at it, the biggest album-to-album jump was when they put out 90125 after Tomato. The didn't dwell too long in this particular kind of sound, either. Of course, they had the audacity to become commercially popular for a time, but again - in context that's really not so different from their time in the sun with the likes of Fragile and The Yes Album, is it?

Was Rabin the biggest influence on the band as a new-joiner? People have come and gone, but I'm not sure any of them has the impact Rabin did. I remember I was a little gutted at the time, because I've always loved Rabin's first three solo albums, especially Wolf. Then we got 90125, and although I love that album, I was always into Yes anyway. I knew Wolf wasn't going to get a follow up in some time.....

 

Happy birthday!

Thank you so much for all of the work you’ve done, great reviews! I’m setting up a surround / home theater system and I find your thread very helpful as I begin to acquire multi-channel music.

Cheers!

 

Cheers mate.
Have fun with the music. That's what matters

 

Hi Mark. Is this the one in your review?

https://www.amazon.com/Fragile-Expa...rds=yes+fragile&qid=1603718038&s=music&sr=1-4

 

It certainly appears to be.

 

I had a couple of preorders I made in early August at Importcds that got canceled because the bank changed my card number and they stopped taking the old # in September. Since they wouldn't let me sub in a new number, I reordered in early September. But it seems that kept out pf the money for both Ultravox and Tears for Fears. I don't care that much about Seeds of Love - it's my fourth favorite TFF album at best, and I already have a Wilson mix of a better album of theirs. But I'm bummed about Vienna. Hopefully they'll make more or release it as a stand alone bluray. But, at least I got .

Santana - Santana. I really don't care about the box sets. I'd much rather drop $50 for a mix for an album that I already know is good. I thought this album was fantastic when I was 15 and I still do. Of course the mix could be disappointing, but it isn't. Plenty of percussion to go around and all four speakers get a chance to feature Carlos' guitar (3/3).

I've got my preorder for Abraxas in with Importcds. I will be seriously bummed if they don't get one for me. The speculation on QQ is that all six Santana studio quads will get the Japanese 7" treatment. If so, I will get them all even if I have to order from cdjapan. Anyway, the other thing I got even though it seems to be in short supply was the bluray edition of

Hackett, Steve – Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith It's a concert video so I reviewed it on the other thread, but it's got a great surround mix too. If I were reviewing it here, it would be a 3/3 too.

 

I'm really looking forward to this. Hopefully in the next few days it will get here

 

" I am still disappointed that Tear For Fears The Hurting didn't get a 5.1, and Howard Jones Human's Lib didn't get a 5.1"

Both excellent albums !!!

 

Abraxas


Album cover from a painting by Mati Klarwein
Studio album by
Santana
Released September 23, 1970
Recorded April 17–May 2, 1970
Studio Wally Heider Studios
(San Francisco, California)
Pacific Recording Studios
(San Mateo, California)
Genre Latin rock Chicano rock jazz fusion psychedelic rock blues rock
Length 37:10
Label Columbia
Producer Fred Catero, Carlos Santana

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Product Details
Catalog No. SICP-10135
JAN/ISBN 4547366463972
Product Type SACD Hybrid
Number of Discs 1
Super Audio CD (SACD) disc is not compatible with regular CD player or drive. This disc format is compatible only with SACD player.

SACD Hybrid disc has a layer that is playable on regular CD players. Such titles are indicated as "Product Type SACD Hybrid" in Product Details. And in this case, it only plays regular CD audio quality. If you want SACD audio quality, you need SACD players.

Description
Japanese original release. Santana's "Abraxas" becomes available as SA-CD Multi Hybrid edition for the first time in the world. The SACD layer uses a DSD master converted from the original "Quadraphonic (4ch)" master. The CD layer uses 2ch mix master from SACD (latest remastering). Features a 7-inch mini LP cover artwork faithfully replicating the quadraphonic LP (released in Japan) design. Includes cover artwork(s) (Japanese edition single) and a poster replica.



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So far we have looked at Santana (the debut album), Lotus, both of which come from this Cd Japan reissue series, Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live, and Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana Illuminations, both of which have been reissued via the Dutton Vocalion series.

We did also look at the Santana Abraxas Dts disc, which we looked at a while ago and while the mix was pretty good, the sound was really questionable, and I think for the most part it suffered from lack of definition and just a rather disappointing overall sound that made the disc a little less than one would hope for.

So far the CD Japan series has had excellent sound and even where the mix may not be the most astonishing immersion, the sound more than made up for it, with their clarity and just really nice audio. So here today I am really hoping that this disc has a sound that can do this album justice in the surround format.

This disc is actually fairly new, and although the opening special with a free bonus postcard has sold out, the album is still very much available.
Cd Japan has it for $43 Abraxas SA-CD Multi Hybrid Edition [Limited Edition] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Santana SACD

I'm not sure whether it is available anywhere else, but I have never had any problems dealing with CD Japan at all.

The original Quad mix was supervised by Al Lawrence and engineered by Larry Keyes.


1 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts Written-By – Michael Carabello 4:50
2 Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen Written-By – Gabor Szabo, Peter Green (2) 5:19
3 Oye Coma Va Written-By – Tito Puente 4:19
4 Incident At Neshabur Written-By – Alberto Gianquinto, Carlos Santana 4:58
5 Se A Cabo Written By – José "Chepito" Areas 2:51
6 Mother's Daughter Written-By – Gregg Rolie 4:27
7 Samba Pa Ti Written-By – Carlos Santana 4:47
8 Hope You're Feeling Better Written-By – Gregg Rolie 4:13
9 El Nicoya Written-By – José "Chepito" Areas 1:32

Quad mix Larry Keyes
Mastered by Mitsuyasu Abe

So lets have a listen and see what we have here, in comparison to the Dts disc.

Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
We open with what sound like a strum of the piano strings, and then on the right side, the lower end of the piano.
We get various tinkling percussion instruments across the back.
Guitar front left.
Cymbals across the back.
Congas come in the right rear.
The electric piano comes in just right of front right.
Cymbals swells come in either side rears.
Gtr comes in on the left side, and sort of dials with another guitar up front.
This is a lot more clear.
More percussion comes in left side towards the rear.
The atmospheric jam-like opening sounds excellent and we have a nice immersive mix that works really well.

Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
We get bass notes front left, and the keyboard riff rolls from the right side, around the back, to the left side. It is very effective.
Percussion front left.
The more percussion either side rears.
The organ seems to be across the middle.
The opening lead guitar comes in front right.
Then we have a drum, trap set left rear. A percussion set right rear balances it out nicely.
Electric piano is across the front with a little in the left side.

For the record the display says this is 5.0, but there doesn't appear to be anything in the centre speaker.

The guitar in the final melody passage rolls around the soundfield, and then we get this cool side to side effect going on with it.
Then when it moves into the lead section this spacey side to side effect continues, giving it a suitably psychedelic feel.
Again the sound here is excellent, and we're getting nice full frequency sound, that is clear, all around us.
Nice mix, great sound.

Oye Come Va
Organ left side.
Percussion all around us.
Such a heavily percussive track, and the surround field is really showing that out.
Carlos is in the left rear.
The organ break is across the back, and up front.
Rhythm guitar comes in front right, and right rear.
Lead organ is sort of between front and left side.
Whereas, on the dts disc some of this stuff sounded out of balance, this has a really nice encompassing clarity and this has a full and entertaining mix.
Excellent.

Incident at Neshabur
Percussion and piano up front.
Percussion and sfx seem to be all around us in the dramatic opening swell.
Percussion is all around us.
The piano is up front, and the organ is across the middle
Guitar tracks seem to come in from the front and right side.
Organ now on the left side.
Guitar comes in right rear, and left rear, and right front.
We have a couple of things going on here.... I think there is an effect on the right, giving a double signal, but also a doubled guitar in the left rear.
Then a rhythm guitar comes in right rear, and a piano runs across the front.
We move back to the triple channel lead.
Really nice and effective mix, very involving and immersive. Excellent.

Se A Cabo
Percussion covers an arc from left side, across front, to the right side.
Organ right rear.
Rhythm guitar left side.
Lead guitar right front.
We get a nice percussion breakdown, and then the rhythm guitar comes in left rear. Piano left front, lead guitar right front, organ right rear, swells across back.

Mother's Daughter
Organ right rear.
Bass guitar right rear.
Lead guitar right side.
Other lead guitar front left.
Again we get that percussion all around us.
The vocals are all up front.
Another really good mix, and again we have a clarity and immersion that the dts disc can't compete with.
A lead guitar comes in, in the right side towards the rear, another left rear.
Again very effective.

Samba Pa Ti
Lead guitar up front.
Percussion either side.
Rhythm guitar left rear.
Another lead guitar comes in front left.
Organ right rear.
Really nice mellow groove, and a really nice mellow immersion to match.
A chalk and cheese comparison to the dts disc, to my ears.

Hope You're Feeling Better
Organ left side.
Drums come in right rear, percussion balances it in the right side.
Guitar right rear. Bass nicely holding us up front.
Lead guitar sort of in the middle of the room but from front right.
Sharp hand vlap in front of front with reverb to rears. Organ left side.
This version really brings this album to life.

El Nicoya
Percussion all across the front, and in the sides.
Vocals right side.
Percussion encompasses us.

This is a much more pleasurable listen than the dts disc.
Although the mix may well be the same, the album sounds completely different.
This version doesn't sound out of balance, and there is nothing here that makes me question the quality of the album, or the sound.
We have a full field mix, that uses all sorts of nice little mixing nuances to enhance the listening experience and it comes across as a wholly professional affair.
The dts disc made it sound as if it was all a little amateur, but any notions of that go out the window when listening to this disc.
I think I can highly recommend this to the Santana fan, and the surround fan.
The album itself is a classic, nicely balancing out the more commercial sections, with the more experimental sections. We get a full taste of Latino blues rock, in high quality sound, with a really nice surround mix to boot.
I feel I can highly recommend this, as a very good-excellent seventies quad mix, with very good sound quality.

 

One of a Kind



Studio album by Bruford
Released June 1979
Recorded January & February 1979
Studio Trident Studios, London
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 46:28
Label EG/Polydor
Producer Bill Bruford

One of a Kind is the second solo album by the drummer Bill Bruford, and the first proper album by his band Bruford. It was released in 1979 and is a collection of instrumentals in a style that can loosely be defined as jazz fusion. The group features guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist Jeff Berlin and keyboardist Dave Stewart. Two of the tracks ("Forever Until Sunday" and "The Sahara of Snow") were originally performed live in 1978 by Bruford's previous band U.K., but never recorded by them as Bruford kept the pieces for himself when he exited the band. Former U.K. associate Eddie Jobson co-wrote "The Sahara of Snow" and reprises his violin part on "Forever Until Sunday". Stewart's "Hell's Bells" utilizes a fragment penned by his former National Health colleague Alan Gowen (the 3-chord pattern underlying the guitar solo). Holdsworth's "The Abingdon Chasp" is the only piece he wrote for Bruford.

Personnel
Bruford
Allan Holdsworth – electric guitar
Dave Stewart – keyboards, synthesizers, electronics
Jeff Berlin – bass guitar
Bill Bruford – drums & percussions, Mock Turtle on "Fainting in Coils"

Guest Musicians
Eddie Jobson – violin on "Forever Until Sunday"
Anthea Norman Taylor - Alice on "Fainting in Coils"
Sam Alder – narrator on "Fainting in Coils"

Track listing

1. "Hell's Bells" (Dave Stewart, Alan Gowen) 3:32
2. "One of a Kind, Pt. 1" (Bill Bruford) 2:20
3. "One of a Kind, Pt. 2" (Bruford, Stewart) 4:00
4. "Travels with Myself – And Someone Else" (Bruford) 6:10
5. "Fainting in Coils" (Bruford) 6:33
6. "Five G" (Jeff Berlin, Bruford, Stewart) 4:41
7. "The Abingdon Chasp" (Allan Holdsworth) 4:50
8. "Forever Until Sunday" (Bruford) 5:46
9. "The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 1" (Bruford) 5:18
10. "The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 2" (Bruford, Eddie Jobson) 3:23

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The 5.1 mix was originally released as part of a pricey box set entitled Seems Like A Lifetime Ago in 2017. That’s what I have. But it was rereleased as a standalone in 2019 at a much more reasonable price. Burning Shed.

5.1 mix by Jakko Jakszyk
I warmed up for this one by listening to Feels Good to Me again. That’s one of the last that I reviewed using my old system, and I feel like many of those need to be revisited. Especially the quads, but there weren’t that many of those. Anyway, I confirmed my previous impression that it’s a front heavy mix with some keyboards in the rear and Annette Peacock vocals in the center. Also, some occasional guitar in surround, and the cymbals show up in back sometimes too.

"Hell's Bells"
Yes, this is the same sort of mix. One keyboard part in front, one in back. Some guitar in surround.

"One of a Kind, Pt. 1"
Same deal, but seems like keyboards more in rear. The guitar is in surround again. The thing about this music is that almost everything is staccato. Holdworth’s guitar is the only instrument with some semblance of a sustained note, so that what Jakko uses for immersivity. Doesn’t really work, but then I tend to think immersiveness is overrated.

"One of a Kind, Pt. 2"
Pretty everything in front, but keyboards in rear with a little cymbal reverb too. Percussion rear left towards the end.

"Travels with Myself – And Someone Else"
Very little in back, some synth. Bass solo left front. Guitar opens up in surround after 4 minutes. Some keyboards in the back at the end, but this track might as well just be stereo.

"Fainting in Coils"
There are no vocals on this album, but this track starts off with voices male left front, female right front, and male in the rear – which possibly makes this the best surround track. One keyboard part in the back plus a little percussion after that.

"Five G"
Starts off with bass in surround, plus major keyboards in the rear. Drums and guitar in front.

"The Abingdon Chasp"
Keyboards parts front and back, most everything else in front. Guitar takes a few turns in the rears too.

"Forever Until Sunday"
Violin and most everything else in front – some synth in the rear.

"The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 1"
Synth in surround – a soundscape of sorts that sort of seems out of place on this album. But it gives have to keyboards first in rear and then front too. Some of it sounds like harmonic percussion (i.e. a xylophone or a yangqin), but it’s keyboards. Everything else in front, but this is a nice surround track.

"The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 2"
Percussion in the rear, keyboards left and guitar right both spilling into rears. Swirling synth at the end – another nice surround track.
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Both of the first two Bruford albums are very good, but I wouldn’t call either of them a classic. The main difference between this album and Feels Good to Me is that the former got some mileage out of the center channel. It still has some significant keyboards in the rear on most of the songs, plus some guitar in surround. There are also a couple of tracks (“One of a Kind, part 2”, “Travels”, and “Forever”) here that don’t use the back speakers hardly at all. Sahara parts one and two sort of make up for it though, so it’s still a nice version to play on a surround system and even though it was when I bought it, it’s not expensive now. But, if I were to go for just one of the two in surround, it would be the first one. (2/2)

 

Thanks for the review.
I found it at ImportCDs for $11.99 and TENOFF works as a discount code.
Bruford One Of A Kind: Expanded & Remixed Edition [Import] With DVD, Expanded Version, Remastered, United Kingdom - Import on ImportCDs

How could I not order this at this price?
Pre-Crimson post-Yes Bruford with Holdsworth & Berlin in surround.
I have several Jakko surround mixes I appreciate.

There are dissenting opinions, savaged viciously in this review:
Why Bruford's Classic One Of A Kind Album Disappoints On Surround Sound DVD

The QQ forum poll has only a sprinkling of votes, but they range from 2 - 9 out of 10, as wide a divergence as you'll ever see there.
For eleven bucks brand new I'm happy to take a flyer and make up my own mind.
Can always listen to the CD upmixed to DPLII or five-channel stereo.

 

Listened to Frank Zappa - Halloween DVD Audio yesterday. It’s usually a tradition for me every Halloween to listen to that one.

 

If you have a streaming service with the new Halloween 81, highly recommended, one of his best bands doing new material.

The 11/01/81 show will get another spin from me today in fake surround at concert volume.
Frank's observational humor songs from 39 years ago seem apropos to the current chaos.

 

Reference to the albums

Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery and Imagination
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue
Alison Krauss and Union Station - New Favourite
Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East
Allman Brother Band - Eat a Peach thanks @Galactus2
Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here thanks @riskylogic
Anathema - Weather Systems thanks @riskylogic
Anathema - Distant Satellites thanks @riskylogic
Anderson, Ian - Homo Erraticus
Anderson, Ian - TAAB 2
Argent - In Deep thanks @riskylogic
Ayreon - The Source thanks @riskylogic
Ayreon - Transitus thanks @riskylogic

Band - Music From Big Pink ... I did this twice ... must occasionally sleep lol
Barclay James Harvest - GoneTo Earth
Bass Communion - Loss thanks @riskylogic
Beach Boys - Sunflower
Beach Boys - Surf's Up
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
The Beatles - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Love
Be Bop Deluxe - Futurama
Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish
Beck, Jeff (group) - Rough and Ready
Beck, Jeff (Group) - Orange
Beck, Jeff - Blow By Blow
Beck, Jeff - Wired
Beethoven - 3rd Symphony Eroica
Beethoven - 5th Concerto (Emporer) - Barenboim/Rubenstein
Birdsong At Morning - A Slight Departure thanks @risky logic
Bjork - Vespertine
Bjork - Medulla
Blackfield - IV thanks @riskylogic
Blackfield - V thanks @riskylogic
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blood Sweat and Tears - Blood Sweat And Tears
Blood Sweat and Tears - Mirror Image/New City thanks @riskylogic
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
Bowie, David - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Bowie, David - Young Americans
Bowie, David - Station To Station
Bowie, David - Stage
Browne, Jackson - Running On Empty
Bruce- Jack - Shadows In The Air thanks @riskylogic
Bruford - Feels Good To Me thanks @riskylogic
Bruford, Bill - One Of A Kind thanks @riskylogic
Buddy Miles Express - Booger Bear thanks @riskylogic

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink thanks @riskylogic
Charles, Ray - Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Church - Forget Yourself
Clapton, Eric - Give Me Strength The 74/75 Recordings
Clapton, Eric - Slowhand
Clapton, Eric - Reptile
Clapton, Eric - Back Home
Cobham, Billy - Spectrum
Cobham, Billy - Spectrum (Quad) thanks @-dave--wave-
Coltrane, Alice/Santana, Carlos - Illuminations
Crosby, David - If Only I Could Remember My Name
Crowded House

Davis, Miles - Sketches Of Spain
Davis, Miles - In A Silent Way
Davis, Miles - Bitches Brew
Davis, Miles - Live Evil
Davis, Miles - Tutu
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Deep Purple - Stormbringer
Dekker, Desmond - Anthology thanks @riskylogic
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Depeche Mode - Violator
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and other assorted love songs
Derringer, Rick - All American Boy and Spring Fever thanks @riskylogic
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Djabe - The Magic Stag thanks @riskylogic
Donovan - Fairytale
Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street quadio
Doobie Brothers - The Captain And Me
Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits quadio
Doors - Strange Days
Doors - Waiting For The Sun
Doors - The Soft Parade
Doors - LA Woman
Doors - Best Of thanks @riskylogic
Drake, Nick - A Treasury
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
Dubliners - Definitive Transatlantic Collection
Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psurroundabout Ride
Dylan, Bob - Blonde On Blonde
Dylan, Bob - Slow Train Coming

Eagles - Hotel California
Earth Wind And Fire - Way Of The World/Spirit thanks @riskylogic
ELO - debut album
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Tarkus
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery

Fagen, Donald - The Nightfly
Fahl, Mary - From The Dark Side Of The Moon thanks @riskylogic
Ferry, Bryan - Boys and Girls
Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics thanks @riskylogic
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Fleetwood Mac - Mirage
Foreigner - Foreigner
Foundations - Very Best Of
Franklin, Aretha - best of

Gabriel, Peter - Up
Gallagher, Rory - Big Guns (Best Of)
Gaye, Marvin - Lets Get It On
Genesis - Overview of all thanks @MikeF63
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis - And Then There Were Three
Genesis - Duke
Gentle Giant - Three Piece Suite
Gentle Giant - The Power and The Glory
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Gentle Giant - Interview
Gilmour, Dave - On An Island
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Guns And Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Hackett, Steve - Voyage Of The Acolyte thanks @riskylogic
Hackett, Steve - Broken Skies, Outspread Wings thanks @riskylogic
Hackett, Steve - At The Edge Of Light
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Hancock, Herbie - Sextant
Hendrix, Jimi - Electric Ladyland

Inxs - Kick
Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

Jeff Beck Group - Rough And Ready
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play/ Chateau d'Herouville
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock and Roll ...
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
Jethro Tull - TAAB 2 thanks @riskylogic
Joel, Billy - The Stranger
Joel, Billy - 52nd Street
John, Elton - Elton John
John, Elton - Madman Across The Water
John , Elton - Honky Chateau
John, Elton - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Johnson, Eric - Ah Via Musicom

Kansas - The Absence Of Presence thanks @riskylogic
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - The Traveller
King, Carole - Tapestry
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King 40th and 50th
King Crimson Islands
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Beat
King Crimson - Thrak
King Crimson - The Power To Believe
Knopfler, Mark - Sailing To Philadelphia
Knopfler, Mark - Shangri La
Kooper, Al (with Bloomfield and Stills) Super Sessions
Kraftwork - 3d catalog - Autobahn
Kraftwerk - 3d Catalog - Man Machine

Led Zeppelin - Song Remains The Same
Lennon, John - Imagine, Ultimate Edition
Living Colour - Collideoscope
Love And Rockets - Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven thanks @riskylogic
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Southern Surroundings

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
Manheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire 8 thanks @riskylogic
Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Marillion - Brave
Marillion - Afraid Of Sunlight
Marley, Bob - Legend
McCartney, Paul - The McCartney Years
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Monk, Thelonius - Supreme Jazz
Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord
Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance
Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
Morrison, Van - Moondance
Mussorgsky, Modeste - Carlo Ponti - Pictures At An Exhibition+
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Mozart - 40th Symphony
Mozart - Rene Jacobs - Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro)

 

Nektar - Journey To The Centre of The Eye Thanks @riskylogic
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
No Man - Schoolyard Ghosts Thanks @riskylogic
No Man - Together We're Stranger Thanks @riskylogic
Numan, Gary - Anthology

Oldfield, Mike - Ommadawn
Oldfield, Mike - Five Miles Out
Oldfield, Mike - Crises thanks @Sordel 's overview
Oldfield, Mike - Return To Ommadawn thanks @riskylogic
Opeth - Ghost Reveries thanks @riskylogic
Opeth - Deliverance / Damnation thanks @riskylogic
Opeth - Pale Communion
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum

Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day
Pineapple Thief - Dissolution
Pineapple Thief - Your Wilderness and 8 Years Later
Pineapple Thief - Versions Of The Truth
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Pink Floyd - Endless River
Pixies - Doolittle thanks @Galactus2
The Police - Every Breath You Take the dvd
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (deluxe version 1) - Update on fixed copy
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing thanks @riskylogic
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Presley, Elvis - 30 #1 hits
Pure Prairie League - Two Lane Highway/If The Shoe Fits thanks @riskylogic

Queen - A Night At The Opera
Queen - The Game
Queensryche - Tribe thanks @riskylogic

REM - Document
REM - Green
REM - Automatic For The People
REM - Monster
REM - Around The Sun thanks @riskylogic
Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards thanks @riskylogic
Return to Forever - Musicmagic thanks @riskylogic
Rich, Charlie Behind Closed Doors
Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine thanks @riskylogic
Riverside - Wasteland
Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Roxy Music - Avalon
Rundgren, Todd - Liars - Thanks @riskylogic
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell To Kings (Wilson version)
Rush - Hemispheres
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Signals
Rush - Snakes And Arrows

Santana
Santana - Abraxas dts disc
Santana - Abraxas cdjapan
Santana, Carlos - Miles, Buddy - Live thanks @riskylogic
Santana - Lotus
Shankar & Gingger - One In A Million thanks @riskylogic
Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain
Sly And The Family Stone - Greatest Hits
Soord, Bruce - All This Will Be Yours
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Squire, Chris - Fish Out Of Water
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Storm Corrosion (Wilson and Åkerfeldt) thanks @riskylogic

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Talking Heads - Naked
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Taylor, James - JT
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Neeme Jarvi
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears - Seeds Of Love
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Tesseract - Polaris thanks @riskylogic
Thomas, Michael Tilson - Orff, Beethoven, Gershwin - Carmina Burana, An American In Paris, Rhapsody In Blue + more
Thompson, Richard - Rumour And Sigh
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
Tomita - Firebird
Toto - IV
Townsend, Devin - Empath
Townshend, Pete/Lane, Ronnie - Rough Mix
T Rex - Electric Warrior

Uk - Night After Night
Ultravox - Vienna
Uriah Heep - Gold From The Byron Era
Uriah Heep - Best Of vol II

Velvet Underground - Re-Loaded

Wakeman, Rick - Six Wives Of Henry The Eighth
Waters, Roger - Amused to Death
Wayne, Jeff - War Of The Worlds
Weather Report - Tale Spinnin'
Who - Tommy
Who - Quadrophenia
Wilson, Steven - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Wilson, Steven - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Wilson, Steven - 4 1/2
Wilson, Steven - To The Bone
Wings - Band On The Run
Wings - Venus And Mars
Wishbone Ash - Bare Bones thanks @riskylogic

XTC - Drums And Wires
XTC - The Black Sea
XTC - Oranges and Lemons

Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Fragile
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Tale Of Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Young, Neil - Harvest
Young, Neil - Greendale thanks @riskylogic

Zappa - Quaudiophiliac
Zappa - Halloween

 

Have you considered giving the list of surround albums a rating that reflects only the quality of the surround mix, like from 0 to 10.
To me Sea Change would be a 10, some the Springsteen's would be a 0.
It might be useful for members as a guide where their money would get the most use.
Another question, has there ever been a complete 5.1 mix of Hey Jude ??

 

I am no good at rating stuff.
Risky has his rating system.

I try to summarise whether I think the mix is worth it or not in the post song paragraph/s, with some kind of rationale as to who would be most likely to like it.

My problem with rating is it wouldn't be very accurate due to my nature... I know it may sound like a cop out, but it's as honest as I can be really.

I don't think Hey Jude has received a full mix yet.... though if what i read recently is correct, or i understand it correctly, Giles has mixed everything, or is in the process of doing so. So it seems like the whole Beatles catalog is coming at some point.

 

It was actually both pre- and post-King Crimson. The Fripp-Wetton-Bruford KC trio preceded this group. Wetton and Bruford formed U.K. after that, then Bruford and Holdsworth left that the form the group Bruford. After that, Bill went into the KC with Belew.

I can see why some people wouldn't like it, especially if you are looking for "immersive".